Sheet-metal crate.



E. C. ROSE.

SHEET METAL CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED DEG. 26, 1907.

fi Patented July 27, 1909.

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I V! TNES SE S l IIVVENTOR E. G. ROSE.

SHEET METAL CRATE.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 26 1907.

Patented July 27, 1909 I SHEET 2 SHEETS- WITNESSES ELMER 0. Rose,- or DEFIANOE, onio.

SHEET-METAL CRATE.-

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented in? 2?, lens.

Application filed December 26, 1007. -Seria1 No. 408,099.

To all whom it may concern: 1 Be it known that I, ELMER C. Rosn, a citi- .zen of the United States, residing at Defiance,

in the county of Defiance and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Inn'- provements in Sheet Metal Crates,-of which the-follovn'ng is a s ecification,

My invention re ates t0 sheet metal crates and the object thereof is to provide crates which may be more readily and advantageously nested and stacked A further object of my invention is to provide a construction of crate in which there are no moisture holding seams and in which the pusting will consequently be reduced to a m1n1mum.-

Further ob'ects and advantages of my invention wil appear in the course of the follonin description in which reference. is had to t e accompanying drawings, forming a part of this s ecification, in which like numerals are used to designateflikeparts throughout the several figures thereof, and in which,

Figure 1 is a plan View, partly broken away and in section, of a crate constructed in accordance with my invention, Fig. 2 is a central lon itudinal sectional View taken therethroug Fig. 3 is a fra mentary' sec= tional view, on an enlarged sca e, of crates in the nested or stacked position, F ig. 4 is afrag mentary sectional view of one corner of my improved crate, Fig. 5 is a fragmentary erspective View of partitions 1n the loc red position, and Figs. 6 and 7 are elevations of' the engaging portions of opposing locking partitions. v

In the practical embodiment of my inven tion I provide a bottom 1 having its material ad'acent the edges thereof bent upwardly at sustantially right angles thereto and the extreme edges thereof bent outwardly and downwardly in spaced parallel relation to said first named portions to form doubled folds 2 opening downwardly.

The box body com rises the bottom 1 formed as described an the sides 3 and ends 4 having co-extending outwardly oifset extensions 5 adjacent their lower edges, engag-- ing said bottom 1, provided with central longitudinally extending foldedand clamped effects 6 to receive the shock of abutting crates or other articles, The extreme edges 7 of said sides and ends beyond saidextem sions 5' are similarly bent inwardly and up= wardly upon, and lie in spacedpar'allel relation to said extensions forming substantially similar double folds to those-of the bottom 1 and opening upwardly to en age the outer downward extension of the said folds 2 of the bottom. A stiffening frame of the shape of the sides and ends when assembled, is carried with the joint formed by the engagement of the folds of said sides and ends with the folds of the bottom '1 and comprises a thickenedmetallic strip 8 held between .the edges 7 and the outer one of the folds 2. Thus a base i'oint is formed which resents no moisture iolding seams upon eit er the inside or. out-'- side of the box.

The abutting vertical edges 9 of the sides 3 and ends 4 are folded outwardly from their respective body portions and are engagedbetween the same and their said body ortions by the. inwardly extendinglongitudinal edges 10 of a clamping strip 11, which en-- gaging edges are subjected to ress'ure and flattened against the sides 3 an ends 4 after their engagement, all of which is clearly illustrated in Fig. 4.

The upper edges 12 of the sides 3 and ends 4, are bent outwardly and upwardlyv to form an offset flange 13, then downwardly parallel to themselves, inwardly" and downwardly, and have theirextrernities folded beneath a strengthening frame comprising a thickened metallic strip '14 having anapproximately central horizontal flange, a vertical upward flange and a downwardvertieal flange, to conform to the edges 12 which it supports.

The top or cover 15 is hinged by hinges 16 to the upper'edge of one of the sides 3 and comprises a sheet of metal tightly drawn and clamped about a rectangular thickened frame 17 and having. reinforcing corner plates 18 rivetedthereto. The cover 15 is provided witha pairof openings 19 adjacent its free edge and approximately centrally of its ends, said openings having reinforced edges 20 and being provided to allow of the insertion of the operators fingers.

Mounted upon the inner face of the lid or cover 15 is a locking bolt 21 slidably arranged through a bracket 22 and having a coil spring 23 extending between the same and said bracket to normally pull said bolt through said bracket toward the edge of said lid. The outer end of the bolt 21 engages beneath a keeper ,24 secured upon the inner face of the adjacent side 3 of the box near its flange 13 and in alinement with said bolt. The rear end 25 of the bolt 21 is curved upwardly be neath one of the openings 19 within reach of persons desiring to open the same. I'also provide, however, 0 enings 26 through, the edge of the lid 15 an through the upper edge of the opposing side 3, said openings being adapted to aline when said lid is lowered to allow of the insertion of aseal.

The corners of the box body'are provided with reinforcing caps 27 and 27 riveted thereto, the up er caps 27 conforming tothe curvature of t e outwardly offset flanges 13 and the lower caps 27'conforming to and surrounding the folded; offsets 6 thus not only strengthening "the box body, but also strengthenmg said offsets.

The partitions mounted within the box just described to hold the bottles comprise longitudinal and transverse sheet metal strips 28 and 29 respectively, each of which are provided with folded longitudinal edges 30. The upper folded edge 30 of the longitudinal stri s 28 is in the form of a channel through which a locking rigid wire 31 passes. The longitudinal strips 28 are rovided with transverse slits 32 extending t rough its uper folded edge and body portion to the ower folded edge 30 to receive the transverse strip 29 therein as shown in Fig. 5, said transverse strip 29 being provided with a short slit 33 through its lower edge to look at the base of the slit 32 and toallowthe material adjacent said slit 33 to rest upon the lower folded edge of the strip 28. The transverse strip 29 is further provided with an opening 34 .to aline with the channe'led upper folded edge of the strip 29 and to receive the locking wire 31 therethrough when the strips 28 and 29 are engagedas shown in Fig. 5 and as previously described. The

base locking wire as ordinarily em loyed is thus done away with and inasmuc as .said base locking wire is very difficult to insert, as experience has taught, my device presents a decided improvement and advantage thereover.

From the foregoing description and by reference to the accompanying drawing it will be seen that I provide a construction in which there are a number of new sheet metal formations which render the same as nearly impervious to rusting as is possible and WlllCll allow of the same being readily nested or stacked Without constructing the top of greater dimensions than the base.

Having thus described my invention, I claim:

1. In a crate of the character described, the combination of. a body having its lower edge portion outwardly offset, and bent downwardly and inwardly and upwardly to form spaced inner and outer walls, having a channel therebetween opening upwardly adj acent the said offset, and a bottom arranged wholly within the limits of body, having its edgeportions bent upwardly and outwardly between the inner and outer of said body walls, and held therein by said offsets, substantially as described.

2. In a crate of the character. described,- the combination of a body having its lower edge portions outwardly offset, and bent downwardly inwardly, and upwardly to form spaced inner and outer walls havin a channel therebetween opening upward y, adja cent the offset, a bottom arranged wholly within the limits of said body, having its edge portion bent upwardly and outwardly and downwardly at right angles thereto, to form inner and outer walls having a channel therebetween opening downwardly, the outer of said bottom walls being engaged between I the inner and outer of said body Walls, and held therein by said ofiset, and a reinforcing stri rectangular in cross section, arranged wit in the communicating channels of said body and said bottom, and between the in ner wall of the former, and the outer Wall of the latter to brace and lock the same together, substantially as described.

3. In a'crate of the character described, the combination of a body having its lower edge portions outwardly offset, and bent downwardly and inwardly and upwardly to form spaced inner and outer walls, having a channel therebetween opening upwardly ad j acent the said offset, the outer wallof which is doubled centrally and longitudinally to form an offset extending outwardly at right an les thereto, and a bottom arranged whol y within the limitsof said body, having its edge ortions bent upwardly and outwardly and ownwardly, at right angles thereto, to form inner and. outer spaced walls having channels therebetween opening downwardly, the outer of said bottom walls being engaged between the inner and outer of said body walls, and held therein by the first named offset, substantially as described.

4. In a crate of the character described, the combination of a body having its lower edge portions outwardl ofiset, and bent downwardly and inwar y and upwardly to form spaced inner and outer walls, having a channel therebetween opening upwardl adjacent said offset, the outer of said wal s being doubled centrally and longitudinally to form an offset extending outwardly at right angles thereto, a bottom arranged wholly within the limits of said body, having its edge ortions bent upwardly and outwardly and ownwardly, at right angles thereto, to form inner and outer walls, having a channel therebetween opening downwardly, the outer of said walls being en aged between the inner and outer body wal s, and held therein by said offset, and a reinforcing strip. rectangulot lar'in cross section, arranged within the, communicating channels of said body and said.

bottom, and between the inner wall of the former, and the outer wall of the latter, to brace and lock the same together, substantially as described.

5. In a crate of the character described, a body having its up er edges provided with extensions bent bac inwardly thereon, and

edges to lock said sides and ends together,-

said sides and ends having double spaced lower edges and having extensions bent back inwardly upon their u per edges, a bottom having doubled space edges to engage said lower edges, strengthening strips about which said extensions of said upper edges are bent to hold the same, said u per edges and said strips being bent to form ongitudinallyco-extensive offset flanges, and a hingedllid resting upon the base of said continuous flange, substantially as described.

7. In a crate of the character described, the combination of a body having its u per edges provided with extensions bent bac inwardly thereon, and its lower edge portions outwardly offset and downward y and inwardly and u wardly to form spaced inner and outer wafls, having a channel therebe- ,tween opening outwardly adjacent the said \oiiset,' reinforcing strips about which said upper edge extensions are bent to inclose the same, said upper edge extensions and said stri s being bent centrally and longitudinally to orm an up er, outwardly offset flange ex.-

' tending para el with said body, and a bottom arranged Wholly within the limits of saidbody, having its edge portions bent upwardly and outwardly and downwardly, at right an gles thereto, to form inner and outer walls,

having a channel therebetween opening downwardly, the outer of said -body walls being engaged between the inner and outer of said lower edge body walls, and held therein by the oflset thereof, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature in presence of two witnesses.

ELMER o nos t.

Witnesses:

' GLEN F. KrLLEY,

GED. W. HENSLER. 

